Instead, Enix perpetuated my suffering by allowing the nonsensical plot to continue way beyond its expiration mark and into the 110 hour threshold. Perhaps, I wouldn’t remember the game as harshly as I do if the game had ended at the 30-40 hour mark. Playing through Dragon Warrior VII had me wondering if its development team had been sequestered in a locked room from 1994 to the turn of the millenium until the game was finished. The big issue, at least for me with Dragon Warrior (Quest) VII, is that the game arrived on our shores in 2001. It featured the customary silent protagonist, and above all, an archaic way of storytelling reminiscent of the late 80s and early 90s JRPG greats. If followed a tried (very tried) and proven system of character progression. It featured a polished battle, and class system. Dragon Warrior VII plays exactly like every other Dragon Quest entry that came before it. It is very important to understand that there is nothing, absolutely nothing mechanically wrong with the game. Dragon Warrior VII Featured Old School Gameplay, but the Kind of ‘Old School’ That Stunk the Joint I once compared Dragon Warrior VII’s visuals to dog poop placed on top of a cardboard. So, my harsh critique of this game shouldn’t be taken as an attack on the entire series, as it is only an attack – and justifiably so – on 2001’s Dragon Warrior VII. The franchise is more popular in Japan than even Final Fantasy is, and perhaps, Final Fantasy would have never been green lighted by Square back in the 80s had the original Dragon Quest not been a great commercial success for Enix. Now, Dragon Warrior/Quest (Quest in Japan, and in the West after its 8th installment), is a renowned RPG series. In some ‘throwback bit’ sessions I have remembered the great, but today, it is time to look back at the other end of the spectrum. Let’s get this out of the way: Dragon Warrior VII, by far, is the worst Japanese Role-Playing Game that I have ever played.
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